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You could blame the Phillies pitching, stinky offense or the sloppy defense for last night’s 4-5 loss to the Brewers. Or you can join me in blaming the Twizzlers. I do believe that red devil candy somehow sucked the mojo right out of Cliff Lee. The fact that the evil licorice was handed to Lee by a young Brewers fan reinforces my theory:

Then again, a few other factors may have contributed to the end of the Phillies 5-game win streak. For example, the Phils scored 4 runs in the first 4 innings and then the offense proceeded to take a vacation. There were also 2 errors; a very bad throw from Freddy Galvis and a botched routine grounder my Michael Young.

And then there was Lee. 3 earned runs in 7 innings is generally a good day for most pitchers. But Lee has looked unstoppable in his previous 6 starts. That is what made last night’s labor-intensive outing where Lee walked 3 batters so shocking.

He was bound to have an off day at some point. No one can maintain that pace all season long.

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